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Research projects look at the health of humans and dogs in East Palestine, 3 years after a train derailment
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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This story was originally published on Jan. 28, 2026 by the Allegheny Front. February 3, 2026, marks three years since a massive train derailment and chemical burn in East Palestine,… Read More
The roots of Ohio’s volunteer firefighting crisis go back centuries
By: Abbey Marshall | Ideastream Public Media
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Three years ago, a fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials upended life in the quiet rural town of East Palestine. The… Read More
A study finds high rates of PTSD and depression in East Palestine months after the train disaster
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Nine months after a train derailed in East Palestine releasing toxic chemicals into the environment, locals were still feeling the effects — physically and… Read More
Lawmakers want safety rules to apply to more trains carrying flammable cargo
By: Daranee Balachandar | Lizzy Alspach | Cat Murphy | Aidan Hughes | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland | AP
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WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of flammable cargo derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100… Read More
Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills
By: Liam Bowman | Taylor Nichols | Mary Burke | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments… Read More
Is Norfolk Southern ‘making it right’ after the East Palestine derailment? A new lawsuit adds to doubts
By: Josh Funk | John Seewer | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would “make it… Read More
A jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in the 2023 East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million… Read More
A trial will determine who pays the $600 million settlement from the disastrous East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border… Read More
An appeal delays the $600 million class action settlement payments in the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600… Read More
A judge has approved the $600 million settlement for residents near the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of… Read More
EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud… Read More
Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million East Palestine train derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal… Read More
Norfolk Southern railroad says its CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for alleged ethical lapses
By: Josh Funk | AP
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ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses, the railroad confirmed Monday. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad that is one of North America’s… Read More
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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The EPA’s Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous… Read More
Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances, saying the mandate is arbitrary, capricious and an… Read More
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for the details of a $600 million derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio want residents to talk… Read More
Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600M in a settlement related to the East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio…. Read More
EPA didn’t declare a public health emergency after the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical… Read More
The NTSB testifies that train cars didn’t need to be blown open to release chemicals after the derailment in East Palestine
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified,… Read More
Biden praises ‘Herculean efforts’ to rebuild at the site of last February’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Boak | Darlene Superville | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train… Read More
Biden is going to the site of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine. Republicans say he took too long
By: Josh Boak | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a year, President Joe Biden waited for what the White House said was the right moment to visit East Palestine, facing criticism that he was… Read More
The NTSB will release a cause for the fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine at its June hearing
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The… Read More
Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in… Read More
Biden will visit East Palestine a year after the community was devastated by a train derailment
By: Darlene Superville | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023 that displaced thousands of residents… Read More